The Key Keeper. A Masque for the Opening of Britain's Burse April 19, 1609. Edited by James Knowles. (Introduction [by] Stephen Orgel).

Bookseller Notes

'Working among the State Papers in the Public Record Office in 1996, James Knowles came across a four-page dramatic manuscript, enclosed in a letter to Sir Edward Conway (1564-1631) and written in three different scripts. Although the handwriting is unidentified, he recognised this piece... as the text of Ben Jonson's entertainment for the opening of Britain's Burse, and announced his discovery - the first major addition to the Jonson canon since 1816 - in 'The Times Literary Supplement' of February 7th, 1997. It is here printed for the first time in a modernised form. An old-spelling text appears in Re-presenting Ben Jonson, edited by Martin Butler.' (Introduction)